Another Ferrari Replica...
Discussion
Never a fan replica cars in general. Whether it's sticking a GTI/R32 badge on a Golf E.
But allow me to present a Ferrari 458 Replica
For the same price as a 456, 360, 550 or maybe a poor condition F430
As Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase
"It's good but it's not right"
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
But allow me to present a Ferrari 458 Replica
For the same price as a 456, 360, 550 or maybe a poor condition F430
As Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase
"It's good but it's not right"
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
Edited by tbc on Tuesday 29th July 22:27
Edited by tbc on Tuesday 29th July 22:40
World's first manual 458?
edit: As terrible as this sort of thing is, it doesn't suffer from that "obvious from the giant track differences" that you see other replicas suffering from. At a reasonable distance you'd probably be hard pressed to tell?
Still, what's the point? £50k would get you a sweet genuine 360, and maybe a ropey 430?
edit: As terrible as this sort of thing is, it doesn't suffer from that "obvious from the giant track differences" that you see other replicas suffering from. At a reasonable distance you'd probably be hard pressed to tell?
Still, what's the point? £50k would get you a sweet genuine 360, and maybe a ropey 430?
Edited by Durzel on Tuesday 29th July 22:45
Ford cougar base. Yikes their fast.
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/201111809904
That could be the same car last ended at 32k. Had a spare set of gloss black wheels.
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/201111809904
That could be the same car last ended at 32k. Had a spare set of gloss black wheels.
t? Replicas aren't bad per se.
I can totally see the appeal in building a nice Dax Cobra rep starting with a brand new powder coated chassis and adding new parts to end up with something you built with your own hands AND looks, sounds and goes well.
Gluing a load of plastic to the aging, rusting shell of a car that was fairly so-so when it was new is not something that appeals to me. When you've finished all that cosmetic work, you still have a rusting old heap underneath.
I can totally see the appeal in building a nice Dax Cobra rep starting with a brand new powder coated chassis and adding new parts to end up with something you built with your own hands AND looks, sounds and goes well.
Gluing a load of plastic to the aging, rusting shell of a car that was fairly so-so when it was new is not something that appeals to me. When you've finished all that cosmetic work, you still have a rusting old heap underneath.
Looking at the pictures and the original advert; the camera angles look to have been carefully selected in order to present the best illusion. I suspect that a direct side view would really give the game away.
That said the quality of the work looks very good. I was really impressed by the interior. Obviously a lot of skill, time and effort has gone in to the project.
As a replica it will probably fool 95% of people. So on that basis it is a success.
Is it worth proper Ferrari money.......
No.
That said the quality of the work looks very good. I was really impressed by the interior. Obviously a lot of skill, time and effort has gone in to the project.
As a replica it will probably fool 95% of people. So on that basis it is a success.
Is it worth proper Ferrari money.......
No.
It looks reasonably OK, certainly at a glance it's not immediately obviously a fake. The image of the rear appears to be of a real 458 in a museum or something, however, perhaps some better images of the fake car would make any inconsistencies apparent. I can see no reason why anyone would pay £50k for it though; I'd like to think for the good of society that anyone with £50k to spend on a car wouldn't be so weak-of-thinking and narcissistic as to need the 'latest Ferrari' even though the only way into what-passes-as-one is to get an ancient Ford. OK, you might not get a Ferrari, but even buying brand new you'd get a pretty impressive flash car for £50k if that's what you want to achieve. It's not even a case of "what second hand car could you buy for the price of that new car", it's more "what decent other second hand car could you buy for the price of that cr@p second hand car".
Having said that, it does look like a pretty impressive piece of work by whoever built it.
Having said that, it does look like a pretty impressive piece of work by whoever built it.
Tbh as somebody that isn't into Ferrari's at all if I saw that (based on the two photos I can see on this thread) I would assume it was real, the only way I'd know is if it fired up.
£50k is rather steep for what is a Ford Cougar mind, these replica's are meant to be a cheap way of getting the 'look' this fails on that score because of the price. That said it would probably cost less to run in five years than the real thing would in six months.
I do love how people get all uptity about these sorts of cars - I just snigger and let them get on with it.
£50k is rather steep for what is a Ford Cougar mind, these replica's are meant to be a cheap way of getting the 'look' this fails on that score because of the price. That said it would probably cost less to run in five years than the real thing would in six months.
I do love how people get all uptity about these sorts of cars - I just snigger and let them get on with it.
robemcdonald said:
Looking at the pictures and the original advert; the camera angles look to have been carefully selected in order to present the best illusion. I suspect that a direct side view would really give the game away.
That said the quality of the work looks very good. I was really impressed by the interior. Obviously a lot of skill, time and effort has gone in to the project.
As a replica it will probably fool 95% of people. So on that basis it is a success.
Is it worth proper Ferrari money.......
No.
As its the cougar based replica then it looks completely wrong from the side. It also has a plastic engine in the back. It will only fool people who know nothing about cars. That said the quality of the work looks very good. I was really impressed by the interior. Obviously a lot of skill, time and effort has gone in to the project.
As a replica it will probably fool 95% of people. So on that basis it is a success.
Is it worth proper Ferrari money.......
No.
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